Pulse Sensor Amped Kit

The Pulse Sensor Amped Kit is an easy-to-use heart-rate sensor for Arduino and compatible boards, featuring onboard amplification and noise reduction for fast, reliable pulse monitoring in wearable, educational, and interactive projects.

The Pulse Sensor Amped Kit is a greatly improved version of the original Pulse Sensor, a plug-and-play heart-rate sensor for Arduino and Arduino compatibles. It can be used by students, artists, athletes, makers, and game & mobile developers who want to easily incorporate live heart-rate data into their projects.

Pulse Sensor Amped adds amplification and noise cancellation circuitry to the hardware. It's noticeably faster and easier to get reliable pulse readings. Pulse Sensor Amped works with either a 3V or 5V Arduino.

Lastly, the Pulse Sensor creators have also streamlined and improved the Processing visualization software and Arduino code that comes with this hardware.

The kit includes:

• A 24-inch Colour-Coded Cable, with a standard male header connectors. Plug it straight into an Arduino or a Breadboard. No soldering is required.
• An Ear Clip, perfectly sized to the sensor. It can be hot-glued or epoxied to the back of the sensor to get reading from an ear lobe.
• Parts to make a handy Velcro finger strap. This is another great way to get heart-rate data.
• 4 Transparent Stickers, to insulate the front of the Pulse Sensor from oily fingers and sweaty earlobes.
• The Pulse Sensor has 3 holes around the outside edge which make it easy to sew it into almost anything.
• Processing visualization software and Arduino code (made in Processing) to instantly see output of the sensor and for troubleshooting.

Features

• Plug-and-play heart-rate sensor for Arduino and Arduino compatibles
• Amplification and noise cancellation circuitry for reliable pulse readings
• Compatible with 3V or 5V Arduino boards
• 24-inch colour-coded cable with male header connectors – no soldering required
• Includes ear clip attachment for earlobe readings
• Velcro finger strap components included
• Four transparent stickers to insulate sensor from moisture and oils
• Three holes around sensor edge for easy sewing integration
• Processing-based visualisation software included
• Streamlined Arduino code and improved documentation
• Suitable for students, artists, athletes, makers, and developers

Resources

• Datasheet
• Getting Started Project
• Getting Advanced Code
• Pulse Sensor Processing Visualizer
• There's a book from Apress/Springer written by the designers of this sensor if you want lots of project ideas and code samples!
• A 3D-printable holder for the sensor to easily attach it to a finger.
• Getting started guide (PDF)

Package Contents

• 1x Pulse Sensor Amped Kit